I wouldn't presume to define noir - if we could define it, we wouldn't need to use a French word for it - but it seems to me it's more a way of looking at the world than what one sees.
Lawrence BlockTags: noir
The white moth of hope fluttered before her face.
Cornell WoolrichTags: noir suspense-thriller
I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake
James M. CainTags: love noir hardboiled
I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.
James M. CainTags: money women murder noir hardboiled
I never met an addict who came from a nice home . I've met addicts that came from families that had money and nice houses. But never from a nice home.
Sara GranI'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum
Dennis LehaneThe echo of the first shot, like the first sip of whiskey, burning...
Richard K. MorganTags: noir
The only thing he likes better than a nice juicy homicide is a sirloin steak smothered with onions.
Richard BrautiganTags: steak noir homicide hardboiled
Somebody should have taken him to a stationary store and pointed out the difference between an envelope and a whore.
Richard BrautiganTags: humour noir stationary hardboiled
She wore a loose bathrobe that covered up a body that would have won first prize in a beauty contest for cement blocks.....She had a voice that made pearl harbour sound like a lullaby.
Richard BrautiganTags: humour noir beauty-contest hardboiled
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